Data Protection Impact Assessment for Video Surveillance developed by Serbia’s Ministry of Interior (MoI) does not meet the formal or material requirements laid down by the Law on Personal Data Protection, which is why the MoI should suspend the introduction of smart video surveillance systems. Civil society organizations SHARE Foundation, Partners for Democratic Change Serbia and the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) have analyzed in detail the Data ...

How the EU revolutionized personal data protection in law enforcement, how to optimally transpose European standards into national legislation and what is the role of civil society in this process, find out in the second part of the interview BCSP researcher Jelena Pejić conducted with Juraj Sajfert, lawyer and European personal data protection expert.

How security authorities need to protect the personal data they handle, why they need special rules, and why European regulations in this area are important for Serbia, BCSP researcher Jelena Pejic asked Juraj Sajfert, a lawyer and European expert in the area of personal data protection.

{image1}  Personal data protection in the context of international cooperation between police and other law enforcement authorities, and Chapter 24 of Serbia's accession negotiations with the European Union was the focus of the seminar organized by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) on 26 July 2019 in Belgrade. Since the implementation of a new law regulating personal data protection is soon to start in Serbia, BCSP invited a ...

There is a real danger that communal militia will become the means of party recruitment and protection of government, wrote BCSP researcher Sasa Djordjevic.

Threats and pressures on activists and independent journalists, experience with state authorities, protection measures and necessary help are the topics of the newest case study by BCSP.

{image1} Connecting activists from all over Serbia, sharing experiences and acquiring practical knowledge about improving security were in the focus of the training organized by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) with partners, held from 28 February to 1 March 2019 in Belgrade. Bojana Jovanovic and Pavle Petrovic from KRIK talked about the basic elements of security culture and protection in potentially high-risk situations with the participants. KRIK ...

{image1} Proposed changes to the law on defense, military, police and BIA introduce worse solutions than existing ones and if adopted they can lead to the collapse of the security system and jeopardize Serbia's European integration, it was concluded at the public debate organized by the Belgrade Center for Security Policy (BCSP) on February 1st 2018, in the Media Center in Belgrade. The reason for the public hearing was ...

Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) is presenting the second part of the interview with Ferenc Katrein, former Chief Adviser to the Director General of Constitution Protection Office conducted by BCSP Executive Director Predrag Petrovic.